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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="11-308" title_number="11" title_name="Horse Racing" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing and Responsibilities of Licensees">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of §§ 11-309 and 11-310 of this subtitle, the Commission may deny a license to an applicant or discipline a licensee in accordance with this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commission may deny a license to any applicant for any reason that the Commission considers sufficient.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission may reprimand any licensee or suspend or revoke a license if the licensee violates:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a regulation adopted under this title; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a condition set by the Commission.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commission shall suspend or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee fails to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>keep records and make reports of ownership of stock that are required under § 11-314 of this subtitle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>make a reasonable effort to get affidavits required under § 11-314(b) and (c) of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission may impose a penalty not exceeding $5,000 for each racing day that the licensee is in violation of subsection (c) of this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>instead of suspending or revoking a license under subsection (c)(1) of this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>in addition to suspending or revoking a license under subsection (c)(2) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To determine the amount of the penalty imposed under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Commission shall consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the seriousness of the violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the harm caused by the violation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the good faith or lack of good faith of the licensee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A penalty imposed on a licensee shall be paid from the licensee’s share of the takeout.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
